42nd Infantry Division (United States)

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The 42nd Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow") is a division of the United States Army National Guard. It was nicknamed the Rainbow Division because, during rapid mobilization for service the First World War, it was formed from 27 National Guard units from across the US. The division was engaged in four major operations between July 1918 and the armistice in November 1918, and demobilized in 1919. The division then served during World War II in Europe. After the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, it carried out multiple homeland security activities; deployments to the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021); as well as to the Iraq War (U.S. phase, 2003-2010). The division is currently headquartered at the Glenmore Road Armory in Troy, New York. The division headquarters is a unit of the New York Army National Guard. The division currently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey...

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